Vending-machine.



G. L. SPLITT.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22. 1915.

Patmlted Aug. 1916.

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VENDINGJEACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug; 29, 1916.

Appli ation fiiedseptemher 22, 1915. Serial No. 52,015.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. Srnrrr, a

.eitizen of the United States, residing at Summe'rdale, in the county of Baldwin and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful lmprovernents in Vendinglvlaehines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in vending machines, adapted to deliver bottles containing beverages or the like, while not necessarily restricted to this use.

- provides. machine of the above mentioned character, so constructed that the elements which serve or vend the bottle or other article, is manually operated, upon being released, in a convenient manner, whereby no complicated mechanism is employed to move the same.

A further object of the invention. is to provide.- a machine of the above mentioned character; adapted to be constructed number of units which may be inclosed withina refrigerator casing so that the bottled beverage may be kept cool, in an economical manner. I p

A further ob ect of the invention is to prov de a. machine of the above'mentioned charaeter, formed of few and-simple parts.'

which are arrangedin a: compact manner.-

A "further object of the. invention is to providea n'iachine of the above mentioned character; having means to mating the number of bottles remaining in ash unit, or

the number of bottles which have been 11:-

front elevation of. machine embodying the inventi'onfFig. 2- is fragmentary horizontal section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a V'SfirlCGl longitudinal sectional view taken on line 3 transverse sectional. view taken on line M of l 3, Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail section taken on lin i of: 1, 6' is an inner face view of a l'lOxl. showing there cording mechanism, and. Fig. I isa side eleration of vcordin' wheel.

In the drawings wherein For the purpose ng drawings forming a.

3 of Fig.1, Fig. i is a pairs of horizontza longitudinal bars 11,-

rigidly attached thereto by any suitable means The machine is preferably constructed in vertical units, there being twocompartments 12 andQlQ" ineach unit, as will be apparent. v

Each unit comprises a pair of upper station- I a ry guide rods 12, rigidly attached to the An importantebjcct of the invention is to;

front 13 of the casing 10 andhaving their opposite ends spaced from the rear end of the upper compartment, as shown. ll lounted to slide upon the'upper guide rods 12 are pairs of upper tubes 14, as shown. The rods 12 and tubes 1% constitutesupporting means for the upper? stratum-0f bottles in the upper compartment 12*, and when; these tubes are rnoved forwardly an opening is provided In the bottom .ofthe uppercom receive lower tubes '17, adapted; to slide.

The. numeral 15 designates lower statiom.

thereon. The forward ends of the-tubes 17 extend exteriorly of the lower-compartment and are rigidly attached to a reciprocatory door 18, by any suitable mefa s such'. doorbeing adapted to cover an opening 19in the forward end 13, which leads into'the'lowerj. compartment 12", as shown. This doorg has a handle 19'. In order that the upper. and

lower pairs of rods 14- and 17 may mover reciprocate together, they are rigidly coirnested by means of curved straps 20, straps are attached to the lower tubes 17,:1s

shown at 21, and are connected with lugs 22,;

carried by the upper tubes, as more clearly shown in Fig. 4. The bars 11 support trans:

verse shafts 23, rotatably receiving thereon grooved wheels or pulleys 24.,fupon which the lower tubes 17- travel, whereby thebulk of. the. weight of the bottles or the like to be.

rended are supported by these wheels.

Arranged betweenthe bars 11 are pivoted checks, or fingers 25, carried by shafts 26,

and having their rear ends c0unter-weight-.

ed, as shown at 27. ,The forward ends of these fingers are preferably bent, to provide a head 28 adapted to move upwardly-and engage behind the bottom of the bottle to ioo of which is'provi'ded" hold the Bah i-gagewere j-iiibveihnt,

but not interfering with? the Zforward movement. The bars ll' also have checks or fin-- gers 29 pivoted tliQretQasShovvn' n30, each a head 31", to conhe' bottle' at its mouth.

tact with the top of ThefingerQQprev the-forward movement- 'o'fthe bottle'but-p' H rearward movement.

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bodies -a1handle'36;'wliioh employed rai d d moved from eachunit,'.'o' zthe'niimberoff-bottles therein, 'each door;18 morenclearly 7 shown in" Fig-5, 'isfprovidd-with a recess 37, receiving a rotatable'indicator 38",- having numerals 39 thereonain a, circular" 1701115,: as more clearly shown in Ei merals' are" adapted tecting' 'pla'te il;secured' Qft" door 18; he

The pawl '44 is moved jdow ti wardlyhy. a

indicato'rfldis v ,having' ia' ratchT upon 'the ment .th downward;

wardly it -eatches -;hene P ratchet wheel and posit spring 46, suitably connected therewith and carried by -"a pinv-47, .one"end of-th'e spring being in the form'of a shoulde r'4 8, to engage with the teeth of Ithe-ratchet' wheel to posi-- tively prevent hack turning. Thepawl 44 is moved upwardly by a lever 49,"piifotally' connected? with its' lower and having it loose pivotal .x'qonnection with the 7 adjacent I A tube 17,asfshownat:50

is jlIiOYGd to the :openfpos D r. compartment compartment 12 in each'unit maynow be the tubes 14-and 17 will move-v forwardly, as

illustrated in theisecond unit from'the top, and finally to the position indicated in the I whereby the two bottles therein wil-lflmove rearwardl a Upon the, forward movement l kaow'n Pref r y the catch or lever 25 ;,will;havef its. .he'

-he'se m1 U i e y. .is drawn forwardly, to j' ex pg sethe if brought to aniopeningio f0 med'in-a ro- -,most bottle, in theuppe i 1 5m as" above indicated;- and u ed movementfofthe door 18,

the next fbottle in theiippe v the frearmost'; position .ment of this bottle door 185 s] ope the bottorn- 'wall' of 'rnovement ofth'e lever to bet 7 joined claims; moved to the outermost position, whereby the lower compartment 12 in the unit and will besupported therein by the rods '15.

. v d When" the rods 17 are moved 1nwardly,vtheir rear portions take up and support-the bottle; .1 in the .lower compartment. A bottle k may now be inserted in the upper compartment 1;.

of the r 0 s 17, the first bottle 1 compartment 12 of the unit be carried forwardly tothe intermediate p'o sitiori;Laird-g engaging its rear end, preventing backw' movement ofthebottle; continuing operation the upper and lower comp twee It'is apparent that the bottles are fed'from the "upper compartmentTtothe ,low q omvpartment, and-in operation unetthe-bobtles from theiup'per. compartmengwill be-dis charged into the vlow er,compartment; l I

To obtain a bottle 'from aflinit the door 8' bottle, which may bere'moyed' into the rear'end oftlie lower p y i e t n vthe ratchet wheel 43, causin th metal 39 tdappear .in the opening 10 It is to be understoodthat suitab n controlled mechanism may be ern 'ployed for normally locking each dool 'vlfliagainst ino ment'and to release upon the' deposi'to suitable coin whereby itr may be' moved 0";

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' It is tobe understoodthat. the form, f, inventioniherewith shown-"wand described isfizo aken u e preferred exam 'le'of the" of the invention or 1th imiimii m n/1.3 when xnnvea i uih(fw $0 31% adapted t zmd'nmliy (er com pa mm (2111;, snpumt. i-ii zmahamdcr d9," hed a Huang umlmdyii lq pm and lower may pmunems, smiwzml y guide rmls arrangei *LIW&H the (OIliEl-fiiikhllifi and Pmending tudi'xmliy f; mi liming c0rremmimg n5: wbsizmilim (h 1mm? fun: one em! \"mmmrtmantsg upgmr MM um: n Hm guide male and $0 V2501 uamng their of flat 11. m1" nompzutrnmzt :ninpiimi W'Lwu fted in am: rm bring an mild in Lim imwr c to a 1 (m'.iti l| mow m Eve, #1 and means to move the aumwrts.

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